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| (URL) BrickFest™ PDX 2007 is coming! Where: Portland, Oregon, USA When: March 30th - April 1st 2007 This year's BrickFest™ event identity is celebrating the "basic building block" of the LEGO® system: The 2x4 brick. (URL) For most, the 2x4 brick (...) (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | | Michiana-LUG Meeting / Sorting Party - Saturday, March 10, 2007
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| To All, We've a special meeting planned! The first meeting at our club President's new home. We also plan to have a sorting party going on during this meeting. Here are the details: When: Saturday, March 10, 2007 Time: 12:00AM EST / 1:00PM EST - ? (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | NCLUG Show / LEGOPalooza at Morehead Planatarium in Chapel Hill
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| On February 3rd and 4th NCLUG in cooperation with the Morehead Planatarium at the University of North Carlina Chapel Hill hosts LEGO Palooza. The 3rd LEGO Palooza expands to a 2 day event running from 12-4 both Saturday and Sunday. This year the (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Re: Contributor Agreement License details - updated version
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| (...) hi folks, taking into account all your valuable input the steerco has reworded the initial CAreadme.txt file in response to concerns which have been arisen in the disussion. please learn that we haven't changed a single character in the actual (...) (18 years ago, 2-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | LDraw.org's January 2007 Model and Scene Of The Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the January 2007 Model/Scene Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Mindstorms NXT cup collecting robot by Henrik Dalsager Christensen> (URL) SOTM, My Room by Jan Folkersma> The voting for the February 2007 (...) (18 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Dirty Brickster Is Returning To BrickFest™ PDX 2007!
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| (URL) BrickFest™ PDX 2007 is coming! Where: Portland, Oregon, USA When: March 30th - April 1st 2007 Public Hours: April 1st 2007, 10am – 4pm (URL) Dirty Brickster Is Returning To BrickFest™ PDX 2007!! “Dir-ty Brick-ster!....Dir-ty (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickFest PDX 2007 Mosaic Event
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| BrickFest PDX 2007 Mosaic Event This year at BrickFest PDX attendees will witness the on-site construction of a giant color mosaic built out of 1x1 LEGO plates. All attendees are invited to help and/or compete in the construction of this mosaic! (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickFest™ PDX 2007 - Robotic Easter Egg Hunt
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| BrickFest™ PDX 2007 LEGO Mindstorms Robot Competition Robotic Easter Egg Hunt ===...=== The Challenge: Build a robot that will look for chocolate Easter eggs, and deposit them over the edges of the arena. The Rules: A judge will tell each contestant (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickFest™ PDX 2007 Mindstorms Events Announcement
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| (URL) BrickFest PDX 2007 is coming! Where: Portland, Oregon When: March 30th - April 1st 2007 Public Hours: April 1st 2007, 10am – 4pm There will be plenty of Mindstorms at BrickFest! Here is a list of just three of these events. Robot Easter Egg (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
| | | | | Bridging Sydney - Complete!
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| (URL) Well, after months of planning and 2 weeks of building, the project is finally complete! With lots of help from Anna (LEGO Aus), Carmel (HHT), Richie & Steve (STUDS) and the bunch at the Museum of Sydney, it all came together relatively (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !!
| | | | | Introducing RACHAL - the Raytracing Challenge
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| Hi all, If you keep an eye on new articles on LDraw.org you may have noticed two new ones with the title RACHAL. Well, we haven't got a replicant working for us but we are relaunching my old raytracing challenges as part of LDraw.org. (URL) brief (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | A LEGO Price List with 4,000 entries!
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| One of the features of my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide that I haven't mentioned much is a LEGO Price List. I included this for folks who want to insure their old LEGO sets, but have no reference source to do so. Well my "Insurance (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | MORE Trains at BrickFest PDX '07
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| [______] [______] [_______] oo oo = oo oo = oo oo I spoke with Dave VinZant (train coordinator) and I plan to have a static display of ALL of my train MOCs (rolling stock)! Since I'll be a bit busy at the fest, I was racking my brain what MOC(s) I (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!
| | | | | Ambassador Cycle 5 - Applications Open
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| It’s been another great Ambassador session but its time for us to begin Cycle 5 of the program. This will be a new step for the program as Cycle five will be an entire year instead of only six months to get the Ambassadors even more involved and to (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Castle and other Historical at BrickFest™ PDX 2007 (March 30th-April 1st)
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| (URL) Here we go again in Portland! Just over 2 months till (URL) PDX 2007!!> Frank Filz, Brendan Mauro, and I are coordinating the Castle display along with other Historical (Pirate, Adventurers, Wild West, etc.). We’ve got plenty of room in (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.western, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
| | | | | New GPLR Member : Allen Smith
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| Good Morning- The Greater Portland LEGO® Railroaders (GPLR) warmly weclomes (URL) Mr. Allen Smith> as its newest club member as of January 15, 2007. Welcome Allen - Play Well! (URL) Greater Portland LEGO Railroaders> (URL) GPLR is: Steve Barile, (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.id, FTX)
| | | | | Dragon Wagon
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| Hello fellow Brick folk! Thought I’d share with you my Dragon Wagon- (2 URLs) I really like the small Racer sets-so thought I’d try one with a bit of ‘megs’ thrown in. ;) Its’ my first vehicle! I’m working on more also. Any feed-back would be much (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
| | | | | Official launch of the LDraw POTM - Part Of The Month contest
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| The LDraw Administration Team officially launches the POTM – Part Of The Month contest for LDraw Part Authors. It is no news that programmers get most of the spotlight and little goes to "the unsung heroes of the LDraw CAD world" - this contest (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Family History Architecture Central Baptist Church Display
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| All About Family the community group we run here in Minneapolis has been partnering with Architects, Architecture Students, Families with their Children and other University of Minnesota Students to create fun and encouraging projects while learning (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events)
| | | | | BrickFest PDX '07 Hotel
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| The official hotel of BrickFest PDX '07 is the Red Lion Hotel Portland Convention Center 1021 NE Grand Ave • Portland, OR 97232 • 503-235-2100 BrickFest PDX 2007 is coming! (URL) BrickFest.com> Where: Portland, Oregon When: March 30th - April 1st (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !!
| | | | | LEGOLAND Kansas City Revised
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| LEGOLAND Kansas City is not dead yet, they are currently talking with Lee's Summit on the Missouri side of the line. Lee's Summit is a growing section of Kansas City with excellent access from all areas of the Kansas City Area, besides it's 20 (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Lego Pencil
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| Greetings All, Check out my latest little creation, The Lego Pencil... (URL) lead or point is a black screwdriver for those of you wondering. I looked around but couldn't find anything similar, what do you think? Cheers, Braith. (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.au) !
| | | | | LEGO CD Revisited....
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| Folks, Thanks for the response for the LEGO CD. For those of you who still haven't ordered a copy, there are 3 new chapters now available to view on my website: (URL) are: Chapter 1 - The LEGO Timeline. Chapter 19 - LEGO Homemaker Sets & LEGO Sets (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Re: K'Nex enters the fray
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| (...) This really pretty big news and seems to have not got much press around here. I stumbed across a link to this site being advertised on BrickShelf: (2 URLs) For those who like K'nex or thought it may have possibilities in the Lego world, now (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Some announcements :-)
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| Hi all, BrickJournal is progressing toward release of Issue 6. Layouts are being sent to proof now and followups to articles are going from me this week. The Journal also took a major step in staffing when we got a person to start a European Bureau. (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | When the Kraken Awakes
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| Hello Legomaniacs! After seeing the Pirates of the Caribbean last summer, I decided to try my hand at a giant Kraken. Not having pirate lego at all, and an over abundance of Vikings, Dwarves and Centaurs, I decided to let it all go wild! Woot! (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | WE HAVE LIFTOFF!
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| The (URL) Greater Portland LEGO® Railroaders (GPLR)> are not exclusively about LEGO trains... On Thursday, January 11, 2007 GPLR delivered their (URL) 4th LEGO diorama installment> at the (URL) Square LEGO Store (Tigard, Oregon)> "Window Into The (...) (18 years ago, 16-Jan-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.or.eug, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.us.wa.tac, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | | The Pirate Glossary
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| Ahoy! Taking a cue from Larry, Tim, etc. and their (URL) Train Glossary>, I decided to pull this together: (URL) The Pirate (aka Age of Sail) Glossary> I've always been confused by the myriad different terms for ships and their parts. And as I was (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-07, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | BrickFest™ PDX 2007 Commemorative Event Kit...
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| The BrickFest™ PDX 2007 Commemorative Event Kit design is complete! (URL) This unique, one-of-a-kind, limited edition commemorative kit contains 146 elements and retails for $12.00, available to BrickFest™ PDX 2007 attendees only. It may be (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.fun, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | Chocdelia and the Chocolate Factory
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| Hello everyone! Fresh from her debut at a 1000 Stiene event in Frechen, Germany. Here is the 5th Podagon: CHOCODELIA (2 URLs) One day as Chocodelia the Podagon was exploring, she happened upon a Chocolate Factory. “What a perfect spot to rest!” So (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
| | | | | New Contest: Work that Squid!
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| Hello all, I wanted to announce the first Reasonably Clever contest of 2007 - Work that Squid! (URL) Full contest details at the link above, but here's the gist: Take the recent Bionicle "Squid Ammo" and build something with it. The catch? The squid (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !
| | | | | French Toy Fair 2007 : pictures !
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| Hi, FreeLUG members were to the french Toy Fair. We wrote an article (in french) on our website (URL) Among the new sets, we can spotlight : the new electrical system with IR remote control, for the Technic bulldozer and the Creator Dino. The (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.year.2007, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !!
| | | | | New LDraw Contest: POTM – Part Of The Month
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| Hi folks, the LDraw.org Administration Team would like to introduce a new contest. It will be called: POTM – Part Of The Month It is no news that programs get most of the spotlight and little goes to "the unsung heroes of the LDraw CAD world" - this (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad) !
| | | | | Train Layout at BrickFest™ PDX 2007 (March 30th-April 1st)
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| (URL) BrickFest™ PDX 2007 is coming and we would like you aboard. Let me introduce myself. My name is David VinZant - member of GPLR/PNLTC for 8 Years. I have participated in countless shows and events. LEGOLAND, CA. - 2001, and the World Record (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !!
| | | | | Classic Space Fly-In at BrickFest PDX
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| This year at BrickFest in Portland we will be doing something a little different. We will attempt to display every single Space set, 1979-1999, Classic through Insectoids, in one giant and beautiful layout. So we need you to bring a few of your (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | Sequoia of Secrets
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| Hello and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!! It has been a very busy holiday for me, as I’m sure it has for most of us. Thought I’d share with you-my first building The Sequoia of Secrets! I’ve built it for the Colossal Classic Castle Contest 4. For some (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
| | | | | FutureBoston Mashup Camp
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| I'm posting this on behalf of Thomas Piper of MIT. He was at Brickfest last year and was blown away by the experience. The LEGO community seems to be a model for the type of collective work that can be accomplished by passionate users. From the (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Cheap focal blur tutorial
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| Hi all, I discovered a really neat trick with POVray and GIMP yesterday that I thought might be of interest to other CADders so I've written the below tutorial. Hope you like it and feel free to ask me questions. Tim Requirements: POVray 3.5 or 3.6 (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | New homepage for LUGNET - draft #8
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| Happy New Year! We had warm discussions about a new homepage for LUGNET last year, and I would like to show the next provisional result, draft #8: (URL) reference, please see also: Initial post by Todd: (URL) by Tim: (URL) discussion: (URL) (latest (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions) !
| | | | | BrickFest PDX '07 Registration Open
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| (2 URLs) BrickFest PDX ’07 Registration is now open! We had a great pre-registration period waiting for the new year to click over and now you can register at (URL). Also the Red Lion hotel at the Convention Center is taking phone reservations for (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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